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Flexible ZnO Nanoparticle-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Hybrid Films and Their Ultraviolet Shielding Behaviors

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Flexible hybrid films are finding increasing applications in functional devices. In this work, transparent ZnO nanoparticle and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) hybrid films are made for ultraviolet (UV) shielding with significantly higher ZnO contents than what has been reported. The tensile strength increases with the ZnO nanoparticle volume percent, from ~ 10 MPa for the pure PMMA samples to ~ 24 MPa for the 20 vol.% ZnO samples, a 150% increase. The elongation at break also increases with the ZnO content increase until 10 vol.% (a 67% increase), after which the elongation at break stays constant. All the ZnO-PMMA films show UV absorption at ~ 365 nm wavelength, with an increasing degree for higher ZnO content samples and a corresponding light transmittance decrease at longer wavelengths. Long-term UV irradiation leads to a reduction in tensile strength and elongation at break, along with lower UV shielding performance. This work proposes that the optimal ZnO content is 5–10 vol.% for the overall UV shielding performance while maintaining good mechanical properties.

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    Lingchen Kong, Advaith Rau, Ni Yang & Kathy Lu

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Kong, L., Rau, A., Yang, N. et al. Flexible ZnO Nanoparticle-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Hybrid Films and Their Ultraviolet Shielding Behaviors. JOM 73, 432–440 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04454-4

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